Louisiana State wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. scores a touchdown Sept. 7 against the University of Alabama at Birmingham. LSU won, 56-27.

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BATON ROUGE - The first player in 2013 to return a missed field goal for a touchdown has been named the 2013 Paul Hornung Award winner, the Louisville Sports Commission and Hornung announced on Friday morning.

In one of the rarest plays in college football, Louisiana State wide receiver/kick returner Odell Beckham Jr. returned a missed field goal 109 yards (100 yards officially) in the third quarter of the Tigers' 56-17 victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Sept. 7.

Nearly three months later, Auburn's Chris Davis returned a missed field goal the same distance for a touchdown ...